2023 nba draft thread: starring victor, scoot... and more!

*ahem* AS A FATHER i do not mind the family interviews

Much rejoicing in Charlotte

coulibaly's family is pretty charming at least

i am a father too and i say stfu and give the kids their moment

They should be interviewing moms

whoaaaaaa first big reach by indy

― slai gorgeous-alexander (m bison), Thursday, June 22, 2023 7:49 PM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

scratch that, by washington

funny i was thinking in my mind indy would grab jarace since they don’t really have forwards

All along, the entire Charlotte Hornets organization has been all-in on Brandon Miller -- ownership, front office, scouts, coaches. They see him as a perennial future All-Star player.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 23, 2023

i am elated portland did not get miller for a bunch of reasons but that charlotte bar video really seals the deal

the absolute agony of being in that fanbase

i like jarace for indy, should be a good glue guy

Yup. I thought the blazers'd get stuck with Miller and am happy they took Scoot. Now they have to pick a direction and make the trades that take 'em there.

well based on that at&t ad scoot will not be starring in any feature films anytime soon

i honestly think the blazers are gonna say that scoot is a star and we wanna pair him with dame

man if i was orlando or dallas i would be taking gradey dick with the quickness

I moved from Charlotte to Atlanta right before the franchise was born. I could’ve been one of them. Now I’m a hawks fan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtv019uEXhQ mostly "analysis" but interview free, and Trey Parker being occasionally funny.

xp yes i maintain their ideal outcome is to get dame to ask for a trade

i’m on espn and they’re interviewing the goddamn dads over here too!

― call all destroyer, Thursday, June 22, 2023 8:49 PM (nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

it was so much worse they has a whole feature on the thompson twins home schooling vision board sports dad who had them lifting weights when they were seven

Now I’m a hawks fan

I'm sorry, man

my best guess is blazers move simons/nurk and 23 for whatever is out there, take a long look at it, and if it isn't working shop dame to a contender at the deadline

taylor hendricks was not even a top 70 player in his high school class last year & is now a one and done from UCF. crazy story

cam whitmore is slidiiiiiiiing

taylor seems great, could be a really fun frontcourt in utah

does simons actually have value across the league this question has never been adequately answered in my estimation

simons is young enough that teams could talk themselves into unlocking something from him in the right situation

so the mavs just traded back to salary dump bertans?

damn it’s gotta be tough to be 3 inches shorter than your twin brother

dallas asset management never is trustworthy (d.a.m.n.i.t.)

simons avg'd 21-4-3 on 45-38-90 splits last year playing next to dame, he's gonna be a scorer for someone but b/w dame and scoot and sharpe he's the odd man out

dallas asset management never is trustworthy (d.a.m.n.i.t.)

― slai gorgeous-alexander (m bison), Thursday, June 22, 2023 9:07 PM (forty-one seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

hahahah well done

Mavs just traded their pick that they tanked for lol.

lol at the fans booing silver then cheering when announced a trade

okc getting cason is good, though i guess they are planning for him to be a backup for a while

seems like a very okc guy

The Mavericks are trading No. 10 and Davis Bertans to the Thunder for No. 10, sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 23, 2023

picturing woj blind typing this as he’s on the air

seems like a pretty fair trade

woj was on russillo's pod and said he was going to try to lay off tweeting except for trade stuff. that's how quick the muscles can atrophy.

tbh dumping bertans’ deal to move down from 10 to 12 is a pretty good move, the difference in expected value between picks 10 and 12 is basically nil

the fashion stuff is tough too a bunch of kids with the same stylist and different favorite colors

maybe cason wallace will be amazing but okc’s “guys” in the draft often suck lol

tbh dumping bertans’ deal to move down from 10 to 12 is a pretty good move, the difference in expected value between picks 10 and 12 is basically nil

― J0rdan S., Thursday, June 22, 2023 9:12 PM (sixteen seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah particularly if they’re targeting someone they figure will still be there

tbf theyve drafted like 20 guys in the last 5 years, a bunch of them will suck

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wow hollinger had jett howard ranked in like the 50s lol

lmao orlando!!!

orlando going for the nepo baby backcourt with cole anthony

reaches are almost as cool as trades

tbf theyve drafted like 20 guys in the last 5 years, a bunch of them will suck

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it’s crazy gradey dick is falling this far teams never learn

vecenie had him 25, yikes